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Web Dev · by Luca Bianchi · 2026-10-17

Accessibility audits: who actually does them?

We run automated checks but they catch maybe a third of the issues. Manual keyboard and screen reader tests are the real thing.

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Theo Bennett · 5 likes

My manager read one article on accessibility and now it's our whole roadmap lol

Mariana Costa · 8 likes

fair, but I'd still try it once

Valeria López · 0 likes

this. so much this

Camille Dubois · 3 likes

As someone who does this for a living, the biggest cost with accessibility is the stuff nobody puts in the demo

Chinedu Adeyemi · 8 likes

Yeah, the work outside the demo matters.

Oussama Alaoui · 2 likes

We worked on accessibility last quarter. Small projects went well, but it got messy at scale.

Pixel Atlas · 2 likes

I'm more of an enthusiast than a pro, but I've enjoyed working on accessibility on weekends!

Sophie Gagnon · 8 likes

can you share what you changed

Camila Rocha · 3 likes

we saw the opposite honestly

Mia Anderson · 2 likes

The beginner friendly path for accessibility is way better than a year ago, that part is underrated!

Noah Miller · 6 likes

this. so much this

Maya Williams · 0 likes

Same experience here

Siti Lestari · 1 likes

Unpopular opinion: accessibility is one of those things that sounds simple until you try it with real constraints.

Maya Williams · 8 likes

Fair enough

Aisha Jacobs · 0 likes

cost vs benefit matters here, we ran numbers on accessibility and the payoff came later than expected

Grace Parker · 0 likes

send help

Cozy River · 0 likes

Would love to see actual data on accessibility instead of vibes. Anyone have links

Ananya Rao · 6 likes

Same, I'd like to see actual data too.

Noah Johansson · 0 likes

this. so much this

Jonas Schneider · 0 likes

Is anyone else tired of the hype around accessibility, feels like every other post is about it.

Valeria López · 0 likes

Good point, didn't think of that

Liam Wilson · 0 likes

we saw the opposite honestly